Yep, It's Drama and Dragonwings

A playwright is

• a person who performs a play.

• a person who critiques a play.

• a person who authors a play.

• a person who attends a play.

An act is

• a unit of action in a drama, like the chapter of a book.

• whenever someone plays pretend

• an action by one of the actors on a particular part of the stage.

• an action by two or more actors on a particular part of the stage.

Acts in a play are often divided into sections called

• parts

• units

• scenes

• stops

Characterization is the playwright's technique for creating

• believable dialogue.

• tension in a drama.

• believable characters.

• audience appeal.

Two of the most common types of dramatic speech that advances the story's action are

• dialogue

• monologue

• dialogue and monologue

• dialogue and body language

Dialogue is conversation between or among

• only the protagonist and the antagonist.

• the play's characters.

• only the hero and the heroine.

A monologue is a

• short, snarky comment stated by the protagonist to the antagonist.

• short, wise comment stated by the protagonist to his or her sidekick.

• long speech spoken by a single character, often revealing his or her private thoughts and/or feelings.

• long, witty comment stated by the antagonist to the protagonist.

On the stage, props and scenery refer to

• the location of the play.

• movable items or painted backdrops representing places

• what the audience visualizes the setting would look like in real life.

• the type of building where the play is performed.

When referring to drama, a cast is

• something made of plaster for a broken bone.

• the group of actors who are performing together in a play.

As a child, why was Laurence Yep drawn to the science fiction genre?

• Laurence Yep was drawn to the science fiction genre because he was poor and those were the books given to him.

• Laurence Yep was drawn to the science fiction genre because he had a desire to space travel.

• Because Laurence Yep was a Chinese-American he could relate to sci-fi characters who had to learn new customs and languages in strange foreign lands.

• Laurence Yep was drawn to the science fiction genre because his teacher had written a science fiction novel and read it to Yep's class.